Karri B. Verno

Certifications

• Pennsylvania Institute of Criminological and Forensic Sciences
• Inside the Mind of Murderers: Exploring Homicidal Motivation
• Behavior, Truth, and Deception
• Concepts of Criminal Profiling

Presentations at Professional Meetings

• Bakewell, G., Barker, D., Brion, M. O’Donnell, J., Zanghi-Miller, A., & Verno, K. B. (2024, March). The effect of brief social media use on working memory: Implications for information processing in the classroom. Poster presented at the 2024 meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Philadelphia.
• Rowen, K., Gardner, B., Flynn, L., Werts, T., & Verno, K. B. (2024, March). Psychological cyberchondria and the influence of social media. Poster presented at the 2024 meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Philadelphia.
• LeClaire, S., Clark, A. Hamm, K., McFillin, K., Moco, D., Orcutt, K., Steinbrunner, M., Sullivan, A., & Verno, K. B. (2022, March).  Posting vs. scrolling: How social media use relates to personality. Poster presented at the 2022 meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, New York City.
• McFillin, F., Clark, A., Sullivan, A., & Verno, K. B. (2021, November). A strange place for consciousness: Choosing life or death in a vegetative state.  Presentation delivered at the 12th Annual Northeast Regional Undergraduate Research Conference, Zoom.
• Wentzel, R. N., McFillin, K., & Verno, K. B. (2020, November). Predictors of decisions about life-sustaining treatment: A research proposal. Presentation delivered at the 11th Annual Northeast Regional Undergraduate Research Conference, Zoom.
• Colton, K., & Verno, K. B.  (2019, May). Deprivation and threat in childhood uniquely predict internalizing and externalizing behaviors.  Poster presented at the 2019 meeting of the American Psychological Society, Washington, DC.
• Sechrist, G. B., Verno, K. B., & Mayo, N. M. (2018, October). Women in academic leadership: Barriers and bias. Presentation delivered at the PASSHE Women’s Consortium Conference, Lock Haven University, Lock Haven, PA.

Research Mentor: Independent Studies and Undergraduate Research

• 8/24 – 12/24
  The Influence of Parental Hours Worked on Perceptions of Children’s Anxiety and Depression
  Faculty Supervisor for Giovanni Savino, Independent Study
• 8/23 – 12/23
  Active Shooter Drills: How do the Influence Perception of the Likelihood of Being a Victim?
  Faculty Supervisor for Anastasia Berardi, Independent Study
• 8/23 – 5/24
  Aphantasia and Suggestibility: How the Inability to Visualize Influences Memory Accuracy
  Psychology Research Group, Research Supervisor
• 8/22 – 5/23
  “Behold, My Other Self!” Exploring the Relationship Between Video Game Avatars and In-Game Behavior
  Faculty Supervisor for Daniel Moco, Independent Study
• 11/21 – 3/22
  Posting vs. Scrolling: How Social Media Use Relates to Personality
  Psychology Research Group, Research Supervisor
• 8/21 – 12/21
  Psychopathic Traits Among Students Involved with Campus Organizations
  Faculty Supervisor for Natalie Piganelli, Independent Study
• 8/21 – 12/21
  A Strange Place for Consciousness: Choosing Life or Death in a Vegetative State.
  Psychology Research Group, Research Supervisor
• 1/20 – 5/20
  Examining Demographic Differences in the Use of Prosocial Programs in Maximum Security Prisons
  Faculty Supervisor for Brittany Reynolds, Independent Study
• 8/18 – 12/18
  The Influence of Childhood Threat and Deprivation on College Student Adjustment
  Faculty Supervisor for Kassidy Colton, Independent Study